It's been a week. I flew from one task to another. This week I was practicing multi-tasking my brain, sorting out which issues will finally get to the chapter AFTER I finish outlining. Enough is enough. No more thoughts that haven't been sorted out beforehand!
I also have gotten very much into the habit of recording what I have done for my book for the day. Almost everything goes into this informal type of synopsis: from the names of the books that my book would compete alongside should it be accepted for publication to what I edited.
But this can also go to the extreme: I was extremely tempted on Thursday for example, to simply edit and re-edit the first two chapters, the chapter synopsis, the book proposal, the appendix... I mean, there's no limit, right? But the real issue was that a second reviewer felt that the 2nd chapter read more like an action research... so, it looks like I might have to rehash out the second chapter's format. I mean, consistency... right?
So, instead of having a spastic attack (which I didn't) I took T's advice and started outlining a third chapter. My second reviewer's advice came in handy also for other writing projects: I wrote a 600 word column for our local newspaper about reliving the experiences of immigrant hood coming back to live in the US after 19 years in Israel, I wrote my weekly article and blog for suite 101, I wrote up a query for Lerner and I rewrote a second children's story "Daddy Still Doesn't Like Fish" after I read the first version to my critique group last Tuesday...and of course I continued to queried.
As I'm learning more, I become less afraid by the fact of what I won't succeed if I don't even try..... Good advice for anybody ...there must be a formal quote on that...
By the way, these pictures are from my son's third birthday, that we celebrated on December 31st. Nice date!
Have a great (writing) week!
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